Mamie Till
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 20 years ago |
Date of birth | November 23,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Webb |
Mississippi | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 6,2003 |
Died | Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center |
Chicago | |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Children | Emmett Till |
Spouse | Elizabeth Betsy Thorsen |
Louis Till | |
Gene Mobley | |
Pink Bradley | |
Parents | Alma Carthan |
John Carthan | |
Job | Educator |
Activist | |
Books | Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America |
The Face of Emmett Till | |
Place of burial | Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois, United States |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 475846 |
Mamie Till Life story
Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley was an American educator and activist. She was the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy murdered in Mississippi on August 28, 1955, after accusations that he had whistled at a white woman, a grocery store cashier named Carolyn Bryant.